The New Book of Smart Interiors, Selected from Country Life [Paul R. Williams' copy]

1937·New York

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New York: Country Life-American Home Corporation, 1937. First edition. Hardcover. g- to vg. Folio. Unpaginated. Black cloth over green photo-illustrated paper boards. The publication features selections of interior design photographic spreads reprinted from "Country Life" magazine. The magazine selections of various types of interior decor are accompanied by text captions, and often feature photomontage. Lavish styles range from more traditional English colonial to art deco and modernist design. Binding with some rubbing along edges and to corners, as well as the head & tail of the spine. Some light scratches, smudges and/or stains to the covers. Interior with starting at the first double-page spread. Minor age toning to the edges, and some sporadic minor smudges throughout. Images clean. Interior front cover with bookplate of architect Paul R. Williams, as well as a book sleeve. Front endpapers with name of previous owner in pen. Binding in good- interior in very good condition overall. * Paul Revere Williams, FAIA (1894 - 1980) was an American architect based in Los Angeles, California. He practiced largely in Southern California and designed the homes of numerous celebrities, including Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Lon Chaney, Barbara Stanwyck and Charles Correll. He also designed many public and private buildings, including residences, civil and governmental buildings and churches. He famously co-designed the futuristic Space-age "Theme Building" at Los Angeles International Ariport. Williams was a pioneering figure in that he was the first certified African-American architect west of the Mississippi, when he was first certified in 1921. (Inventory #: 43467)

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